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...issue of vouchers for parochial schools is murky, but, as the State Supreme Court of Wisconsin and the Supreme Court of the United States have said, vouchers give parents money so that they can decide which school is best for their child. It is the parents, not the government, who decide where their child will attend...
...protagonist, in fact, is really the land itself, and Washington State will never have a more loving chronicler than Guterson, a lifelong Seattleite who names every tree and evokes, with arresting grandeur, the sound of a coyote's distant howl, or a boy's delight in rivers and horses. With its old-fashioned words like surcease and travail and its unembarrassed talk of caring, Guterson's story becomes a kind of affirmation of open-hearted faith. Ben sees a mountain goat running, and he "felt poised on the cusp of the world, as close to God as he might ever...
Among the girls' allies is state senator Tom Hayden, who has taken up the issue of toxins in schools. Says Hayden: "They're very focused, very educated, very driven to understand the way the system works around them." The girls have been regulars at hearings the senator has held. Los Angeles plans to build 51 schools over 10 years--some of them possibly on old industrial sites...
...fact, she has staked her professional reputation on it. Kearns, 60, is superintendent of Newcomb Central School, serving Newcomb, N.Y., (pop. 550) on Route 28N in Adirondack State Park. Her public school is the smallest in New York, with 69 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. The two-story brick schoolhouse was built for 400 children in 1948, when a titanium and magnetite mine was operating nearby. After the mine closed about a decade ago, the student body dwindled, and the state pressured the town to shut the school...
When it comes to selling your home, brokers have always insisted they can get you the highest price. That's right--almost. According to a study by Penn State professor Abdullah Yavas, they sell their own houses for an average of 3% more than they get for their clients. That difference may not mean a lot on a standard 6% commission, but it could help fatten your bottom line. So the next time a broker is putting your home on the market, tell her to price it as she would her own--just a bit more...